15 Photos of the Detective Pikachu Amiibo

The biggest investigative Pokemon you'll see today.

By
Andrew Goldfarb

Alongside our recent hands-on session with Detective Pikachu, we had a chance to get up close and personal with the gigantic new Detective Pikachu amiibo, a super-sized version of the mystery-solving Pokemon with some unique abilities.

You can check out more than a dozen brand new images of the XL amiibo, including a few photos next to the regular-sized Pikachu amiibo from the Super Smash Bros. series, in the gallery below:

The Detective Pikachu Amiibo doesn't work how we assumed when it was first revealed. While we knew the amiibo would provide "some useful hints," it only unlocks those hints and clues after you've completed a chapter. Then, from the home screen, you can tap the amiibo to the bottom screen to see every "Pika Prompt" from a chosen chapter.

These Pika Prompts are short, bite-sized, voice-acted scenes featuring Detective Pikachu himself, and must be triggered by specific actions while in the game, so they can be missed during regular play. In other words, the amiibo is not exactly an easy way to get hints, but a simplified way to make sure you get to see everything Detective Pikachu has to offer.